[neongreen]

Two by two wide, and about 3.5+ feet deep.

I didn't put as much organic matter (fairly well rotted down farmyard manure+ wood chippings) down there as I did in the upper layers, but there is some, and I'm worried this might go bad (anoxic), especially since the drainage is not brilliant, with fairly well compacted clay and stones being predominant between 3-4+ feet down. Above that, the stones are a bit looser, and smaller, with about 1 -1.5 feet of top soil.

I'm going to dig around the holes I've already dug to make them wider, but am I going to have to dig out all the organic matter I put down there?

I still have about 6 or 7 weeks before I plan to plant out, so the plants are vegging indoors at the moment.

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=114970

Any advice much appreciated.

ng

[Jiu Jitsu Playa]

3.5 feet?????
good lord you trying to bury a body

[neongreen]

Lol Jiu Jitsu

Perhaps a little over enthusiastic

[El_Professor420]

Once ya dig them wider the dirt ya taking out will slide down into ya organic matter :(, and id leave the holes as is and just fill them up as theyre plenty big enoug now!

The rule of thumb is 2ft x 2ft x 2ft but the size of ya holes depends on whos digging them and how big ya want your plants to be, Id leave yours as is and fill them up with good soil and organic mix and plant when the time comes and not waste any more time or energy on widening them out.

[neongreen]

Thanks El_Professor

I'm not too sure how this is going to work out in terms of height. I want to keep the plants low when they are in flower, but if they get tall enough in veg, I intend to bend the plant over, and encourage the stem to take root in the next hole along, hopefully at least one of the plants (preferably two) anyway. I've dug two lots of holes in pairs, along side each other ( 0.5-1ft apart), so if a plant reaches round about 5 feet I estimate, that should be about the right height to bend it over, so the end result should be 2 holes/root systems feeding the same plant.

So that should be more than adequate going by what you said :smile:

[Jiu Jitsu Playa]

so your going to bend the plant over after 5 feet and jam the top of it into the other 3.5 foot hole to grow roots??

what have you been smoking?

when i seen the topsy turvy i was like nooo way


when i read this, i was like this guy is a idiot

[neongreen]

Basically, yes...

It's something I've never tried myself, but I've seen it done before, and as idiotic as it may sound, the size and vigorousness of the resulting bushes was plain to see.

Other plants besides cannabis naturally do this on their own, where as cannabis needs a little helping hand, but it will root from the stem on it's own if knocked/bent over by the elements or an animal in the wild.

Smoking skunk now, which is basically all I can get, which is why I'm growing these plants from seed

[Vengaza]

dont listen to jiu jitsu dont think he's an outdoor guy ;P

goodluck

[neongreen]

Thanks Vengaza

I'm not :p

[StickyFingerz]

That's a great idea! It works great and really can increase yield significantly. I'm going to do the same this season.

Good luck